Branan v. Southern Railway Co.

The plaintiff brought suit for damages, alleging substantially as follows: After the train of the defendant, on which he was a passenger, blew for his station and began to slow up, he started to go into another coach to get a bundle he had left therein. The door of the car had been left open by defendant’s agents, ready for passengers to get out. ' As he got to the door, a violent jerk of the train caused him, in order to steady himself, to place his hand against the door, which swung to and cut off his finger. The door was defectively constructed; defendant’s agents negligently failed to…